The Meaning of the Book of Deuteronomy

Well, after the explanation of the law, in the next section, chapters 29-30, Israel renews their covenant and God says, like Adam, he is placing good and evil before them and they are to choose the good.

In the last section in the book, chapters 31-34, Moses will speak two poems, once again, just like there are two poems at the beginning of the Bible. The first poem will be to Israel from Moses, like Adam’s poem about his wife when she is created. And the second poem is a blessing on the people that will foretell their future, just like God’s poem in Genesis 3 about the future of Adam and Eve, and about how one day God will give a son who will crush the head of the serpent.

In the final chapter, Moses will die, being barred from entering the land. And once again, just like in Genesis, God had put two angels with flaming sword guarding the way back into the land, so here, the leader must die to enter back into the land to be with God.